okay so my laptop died on me

it saysi failed teh DST testany1 ever have the same problem? or something like that ? i googled and it says i gotta boot it... problem isi can't even get into the safe mode or anything to boot it to begin withit just goes into the blue loading screen and freezes ><

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Do you go right where nothing is left...or do you go left where nothing is right?

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/downloadDownload ubuntu and burn it to a CD/DVD, or download a tool to make a bootable USB flash drive. Restart your laptop and boot through the disk or USB, then choose to run ubuntu live (as in try the OS, don't install it). From there you will be using it as your OS from on the flash drive instead of your HDD, so if there's a problem with your HDD you will still be able to boot through the USB or disk.Once in there locate the disk utility and get it to test your HDD with an intensive scan.

Lol yeah, I've got a bunch of linux DVDs just sitting around and iso's on my external HDD in case I want to use them, but if you have a flash drive handy then I'd recommend using that instead. If you want to do that then:http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/Faster than a CD/DVD, and if you want to check out ubuntu while it's checking your HDD then you won't want to do it with a DVD.